Submarine power station and assembly thereof

US8692403B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Voith Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Benjamin Holstein · Heidenheim, DE
• Norman Perner · Neu-Ulm, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 3, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 4, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An installation method for an underwater power plant includes a nacelle comprising a nacelle housing having a first nacelle housing section, a water turbine including a drive connection to a drive shaft, the drive shaft being mounted inside the first nacelle housing section, an electrical generator, comprising a generator rotor and a generator stator, and a generator housing. The electrical generator and the generator housing from a separate generator module that can be handled and installed as a whole, and an adjustment of bearings for the drive shaft is executed before a production of a coupling between the generator module and the drive shaft, and the generator housing is coupled in a rotationally-fixed manner to the first nacelle housing section and the generator is coupled in a rotationally-fixed manner to the drive shaft, the generator rotor being carried by the drive shaft after the coupling.